Well argued

Although the Times & Courier endorsed Greg Stahl and Steven Mendoza for this year’s Clinton selectmen’s race, we received a letter to the editor from Ahmet and Winsome Erkan that I thought was a very well-argued piece for candidates Kevin Haley and Mary Rose Dickhaut.
The Erkans analyzed the recent candidates debate and showed how they [...]

I hear you, but I’m not listening

Conversation I just had at Subway when I walked up to the counter:
Me: Hi, I’d like two chocolate chip cookies, please.
Worker: Sure, what kind?
Me: Chocolate chip.
Worker: And how many?
Me: Two.
Well, I guess they did just finish with the lunch crowd after all.

Oddly worded

Just received a call from candidate for the Planning Board and former selectman Mark Ellworthy. Mr. Ellworthy says the statements printed under his name in today’s Voters Guide (on stands now and hopefully online tomorrow in PDF format) were not the ones he submitted.
If some folks found his response in our guide to questions about [...]

What a beautiful day… for road rage

Just took a breather from my desk with a walk down High Street, up Church and back down around Union. Absolutely gorgeous out. Yet in the five minutes I was out I witnessed two acts of road rage and one angry cell phone driver.
The driver of a car speeding down Union Street was obviously none [...]

The endorsement conundrum

As an editor, making an endorsement is never easy — it involves a lot of thought, procrastination and a fair amount of indigestion. Some papers just skip out on the process altogether. I’ve always been a firm believer in them, however.
Probably more than your average citizen, newspaper reporters and editors see first-hand our politicians at [...]